We are now taking registrations for our Grade 9 DNA fieldtrips (January to June 2014 scheduling). If you are interested in booking a class visit to our facilities for either one of our high school programs, please note the information below. Grade 9 Fieldtrip (full description here) Please send your…
Working with Marie-Claire Shanahan from the University of Calgary, the lab is currently working on a grant proposal that aims to study children’s impressions around concepts of creativity and science. The general idea (or gist) of the research is summarized as follows: Science is a creative endeavor. This is obvious…
We are now taking registrations for our 2013/2014 season of High School Fieldtrips. These include our Grade 9 DNA fieldtrips, as well as our Grade 11/12 PCR fingerprint fieldtrips. Note that information on our Grade 5/6/7 Science Creative Literary Symposia fieldtrip will be forthcoming. If you are interested in booking…
Report by Karen Leung. Via Beaty Biodiversity. The Beaty Biodiversity Museum at UBC is excited to launch the first publicly available deck of signature Phylo game cards today. What is Phylo? Phylo is a card game that celebrates ecosystems in all their awesomeness. Building off the popularity of trading card…
(Click here to download pdf poster) To inquire about registration, please contact Dr. David Ng at db@interchange.ubc.ca Note that all registration fees are put towards our lab’s numerous science outreach programs. (1) ONE WEEK VERSION Dates: June 10th to June 14th, 2013 (5 days: Monday to Friday) Price: CAN$1400 (does not include…
This year’s “ESCAPADES IN SCIENCE” conference will be held on Friday March 8th, 2013. Attending this event is FREE, but registration is required.
The Fifth Anniversary Edition of our “MOST EXCEPTIONAL ESCAPADES IN SCIENCE” High School Student Conference will be held on Friday March 8th, 2013. Attending this event is FREE, but registration is required. You can sign up online, by clicking here. Conference sign-in opens at 8:30am, with the program starting at…
(Click here to download pdf poster) To inquire about registration, please contact Dr. David Ng at db@interchange.ubc.ca (1) ONE WEEK VERSION Dates: February 18th to February 22nd, 2012 (5 days: Monday to Friday) Price: CAN$1400 (does not include room or board) Reviews and Testimonies can be found here. INSTRUCTOR: Dr….
Outreach programs that offer a taste of real-world science and pair secondary students with enthusiastic young researchers are key to promoting careers in science and technology, according to University of British Columbia researchers. In a paper published this week in PLoS Computational Biology, UBC researchers document their work on the Genomics…
